Rylan's silence fell heavily on Owen. He held her gaze wordlessly to give her an opportunity to think and process what he'd told her. He felt himself fiddling mindlessly with a shot glass to give his hand something to do. A tightness in his chest and his heart beat faster. His resolve failed and Owen looked away so he wouldn’t have to watch her disappear when she slinked away into a shadow. His eyes scanned the crowd without really seeing them. The sounds of the bar suddenly became deafening as if he’d just remembered he was in a public place. The whole world had fallen away when he’d focused in on her.
The seconds stretched on and she merely settled closer to him as if demanding he continue to prove his claims. He gave her arm a brief squeeze which was meant to be comforting to her and a reassurance for himself that she was still there.
“No I don’t. I never have and I never will.” He said this with a firm resolution. That he would never call her Rylan was non negotiable. Indeed, he hadn't used the name in that encounter with her because he hadn't planned on it. He looked down at the top of her head. “I did call you Miss Drusilla Haven for a time. Miss Haven.” He repeated the name with a nostalgic smile on his lips. Memories cycled back of himself as a young man fumbling around her in those early years never knowing what to do with her. Back then she had gotten under his skin so easily as if he were no challenge for her. As if he hadn’t put up every defense at his disposal to keep her out. She'd just waltzed right in like she owned him. And she did. “But you were always Julianna to me.”
His fingers moved back to her hair, gathering it all and pulling it back over the shoulder away from his side.
“Does it make you uncomfortable to hear me use that name?”
The seconds stretched on and she merely settled closer to him as if demanding he continue to prove his claims. He gave her arm a brief squeeze which was meant to be comforting to her and a reassurance for himself that she was still there.
“No I don’t. I never have and I never will.” He said this with a firm resolution. That he would never call her Rylan was non negotiable. Indeed, he hadn't used the name in that encounter with her because he hadn't planned on it. He looked down at the top of her head. “I did call you Miss Drusilla Haven for a time. Miss Haven.” He repeated the name with a nostalgic smile on his lips. Memories cycled back of himself as a young man fumbling around her in those early years never knowing what to do with her. Back then she had gotten under his skin so easily as if he were no challenge for her. As if he hadn’t put up every defense at his disposal to keep her out. She'd just waltzed right in like she owned him. And she did. “But you were always Julianna to me.”
His fingers moved back to her hair, gathering it all and pulling it back over the shoulder away from his side.
“Does it make you uncomfortable to hear me use that name?”
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